Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Elliot Purdom Born 21 August 1869 - Died 22 October 1938 PDF Key details Service number13/233 AWMM 45/175 AWMM Also known asElliot Purdon AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Gravesite of SSM Elliott Purdom (??), Waikumete Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Grenfell (Ap … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesElliot AWMM SurnamePurdom AWMM Ingoa Also known asElliot Purdon AWMM Service number13/233 AWMM 45/175 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth21 August 1869 Military personnel file Hawick, Scotland AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs Isobella Purdon (wife), London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number13/233 AWMM 45/175 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsQueen's South Africa Medal AWMM 1914-1915 Star AWMM British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal AWMM New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsPre WW1/Regular Military Service Staff Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class 1) AWMM 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Permanent Staff AWMM South Africa Royal Horse Artillery AWMM 2nd Embarkation AWMM WW1 16 Oct 1914-3 December 1914 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Quartermaster Sergeant AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM 3rd Embarkation AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Elliot Purdom served WW1 as QMS with Auckland Mounted Rifles, service no 13/233. Name spelt on Nominal roll as Purdon, but recorded as Purdom in Archway and in Military Personnel File.Born in Hawick, Scotland and joined the Royal Horse Artillery and served in the South African War. Settled in New Zealand and joined the New Zealand Permanent Staff. In 1910 he was appointed Quartermaster-sergeant to the Waikato Mounted Rifles. (Source:Military Personnel file)In WW1 he served with the Auckland Mounted Rifles and the New Zealand Army Ordnance Department at Gallipoli and Egypt. He was sent back to New Zealand after being wounded and then was attached to the Waikato Mounted Rifles and was stationed in Hamilton. (Source:Military Personnel file)He retired in 1929, he took up a post as an attendant at the Auckland War Memorial Museum where he worked for six and a half years. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death22 October 1938 Auckland Star Age 69 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryWaikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 85, Row 31, Wesley Division AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryAuckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 250, 22 October 1938, Page 1 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Elliot Purdom by laying a poppy. William Edward Purdie B. S. Purdom Elliot Purdom Frederick Henry Purdom Lionel Saunders Purdom Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Elliot Purdom Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The Veteran : official publication of the South African War Veterans' Association… Library / Pictorial › publication Christchurch, New Zealand ; Hamilton, New Zealand UB359.N5 VET Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20803421 Further Reference Waitakare Cemetery Search http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/ Sources Used DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Page No: 597 AWMM Auckland Star AWMM Volume LXIX, Issue 250, 22 October 1938, Page 1 AWMM The New Zealand Herald AWMM Volume LXXVI, Issue 23483, 21 October 1939, Page 1 AWMM The New Zealand Herald AWMM Volume LXXV, Issue 23176, 24 October 1938, Page 12 AWMM Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM Reddiex, G.R. (2015). Just to let you know I'm still alive. Public - Glenn - Researcher - 15 April 2019 - Reddiex, G.R. (2015). Just to let you know I’m still alive. Postcards from New Zealanders during the First World War. Wellington, New Zealand: Grantham House Publishing. Postcard message, page 171. 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